You need to dust off the old history books and recall that there were power struggles very early on between the church in Alexandria, the church in Rome, and the eastern church, which included places like Syria and modern-day Israel. One could make a very good historical argument that if Alexandria hadn't been sacked, it would have ended up as the center of the Christian church instead of Rome.
Obviously, according to Scripture, God's Will was done in the head of the Church ending up in Rome under Peter:
Matthew 16: 15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. 18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Notice how certain posters on this thread skipped these bold lines in jumping to the line where Jesus disciplined His first Pope?